ACLU asks court to end Las Vegas police partnership with ICE
Source: Courthouse News Service
October 13, 2025
(CN) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday asked a Nevada court to put an end to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s collaboration with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s crackdown on immigrants who are in the U.S. without proper authorization.
The ACLU of Nevada filed a writ petition on behalf of Sergio Morais-Hechavarria, who’s been detained for months at the Clark County Detention Center pursuant to an “ICE hold” even though a judge ordered him to inpatient treatment as part of a misdemeanor conviction. Attorneys with the ACLU argue that Nevada law doesn’t give local law enforcement the authority to enter into agreements with the federal government to enforce civil immigration law.
While many liberal-leaning states don’t allow such agreements, ICE has entered into so-called 287(g) agreements with state and local police forces across the country under which ICE trains and certifies local officers to serve and execute arrest and removal warrants on people in custody.
“While ICE officials seemingly believe they can use local police to further destabilize communities, we don’t subscribe to their theory," ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah said in a statement. A representative of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the department doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
Read more: https://courthousenews.com/aclu-asks-court-to-end-las-vegas-police-partnership-with-ice/
Link to FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26185967-20251011-writ-of-mandamus-habeas-w-exhibits-1/
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26185967/20251011-writ-of-mandamus-habeas-w-exhibits-1.pdf